Oath

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Object Label
Shooting primarily in the United States and the Caribbean, Deana Lawson is inspired by the expression and aesthetics of black cultures worldwide. Using a large-format camera, and working across a variety of photographic traditions—including portraiture, staged scenes, found or appropriated imagery, and vernacular photography such as family albums—she addresses themes of the body, sensuality, community, and spirituality, among others. Lawson’s photographs can be seen as psychological portraits of black subjects in an extended, mythological diasporic family.
Caption
Deana Lawson American, born 1979. Oath, 2013. Pigment print, 40 x 50 in. (101.6 x 127 cm) frame: 41 x 51 in. (104.1 x 129.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, William K. Jacobs, Jr. Fund, 2015.6.1. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Image courtesy of the artist, CUR.2015.6.1_Lawson_photograph.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Oath
Date
2013
Medium
Pigment print
Classification
Dimensions
40 x 50 in. (101.6 x 127 cm) frame: 41 x 51 in. (104.1 x 129.5 cm)
Signatures
Signed verso
Credit Line
William K. Jacobs, Jr. Fund
Accession Number
2015.6.1
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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